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ErrorNoBrain

120 karma · joined March 22, 2025

i live in northern europe

in most cases, i'm just trying to be funny. I don't always succeed but.. i tried.

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ErrorNoBrain··on Denmark: Minister for Digitalization wants to phase out Microsoft
some munincipalities have already started the process, incl the 2nd largest one with ~half a million citizens.

they save money in the process, switching to a non-american based cloud provider.

ErrorNoBrain··on Why are smokestacks so tall?
i always assumed it was so the factory (and the neighbors and roads) weren't covered in smoke
ErrorNoBrain··on Sketchy Calendar
i need a digital calendar because i share it and other people put things into the calendar, that i need to know of.
ErrorNoBrain··on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
You underestimate how many companies use microsoft business central for various things...

But i also believe there's a lot of special software for laboratories etc, that run on windows only

ErrorNoBrain··on Ditching Obsidian and building my own
Obsidian is nice...

but.. i just think that writing markdown (unless its just #headline and ### subheadline) it takes too long.

ErrorNoBrain··on Ditching Obsidian and building my own
Syncthing... It can do it too

handles syncing my pictures too

ErrorNoBrain··on France Endorses UN Open Source Principles
it's still a step in the right direction

and its coming on the back of US and Trumps tarif shittalk..

there's also talk about moving away from american software giants, among government sections in my country. Recently one such section moved from AWS to Hetzner (saving money in the process)

i've also heard talk about making EU-based alternatives to the office suite, etc.

ErrorNoBrain··on Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android
Android has a terminal in the newer beta versions, indeed - a proper one

it was sorta possible before too, but now, it can start up programs with a window etc (and of course someone ran doom on it)

ErrorNoBrain··on Coffee for people who don't like coffee
nestea?

by nestlé

the worst company on the planet?

there's a ton of alternatives

ErrorNoBrain··on Coffee for people who don't like coffee
when you drink coffee you dont actually drink liquified beans

you just drink water which has super small ground up coffee particles in it...

ErrorNoBrain··on Android and Wear OS are getting a big refresh
i like the changes are coming but i wish they didn't remove the old look

I mean... what if i prefer the older version of the UI? my only option is a different launcher or not updating

ErrorNoBrain··on Android and Wear OS are getting a redesign
that annoyed me as well (pixel 8a)

but i just switched to my go-to launcher, Nova. I've used it quite a bit over the last years.

ErrorNoBrain··on Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war
and here you can get a 100 euro fine, for using your horn.

You can only use it, if its to prevent an accident from happening. that's it.

ErrorNoBrain··on Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup
Personally i'd prefer just a "lite" version of the main apps, excel, word, powerpoint...

i dont need the other programs and ALL of them contain a TON of features i'll never ever use (as a private person, not company of course)

ErrorNoBrain··on Nvidia adds native Python support to CUDA
They are, if they cant find an nvidia card
ErrorNoBrain··on Gumroad’s source is available
I love how nothing in the readme tells me what it actually is.
ErrorNoBrain··on I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad
I mean sure, being able to keep a 17 year old laptop is alive, is awesome...

but why?

I get special hardware needs to live for a long time, like, an arcade machine, specialized equipment or something. but some random laptop?

what can it do, that a modern computer cant, apart from being repaired easily (lets ignore framework laptops for the sake of argument)

if his point is he just wants a framework laptop, it already exists.

ErrorNoBrain··on Gemini 2.5 Pro vs. Claude 3.7 Sonnet: Coding Comparison
And google has it built into my phone's text message app

these days it seems like everyone is trying to get their AI to be the standard.

i wonder how things will look in 10 years.

ErrorNoBrain··on France rejects backdoor mandate
> but they should also not have no clue at all.

they usually talk to experts in those areas. Who those experts are can vary quite a lot though.

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